MovedOn

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Moral Failure?

I think that the fellow writing this article ought to shadow a substance abuse doc for a week or two. It would make a good story. It's pretty easy to push all the responsibility on how a person ought to act onto Dr. W...and yet not accept any responsibility for the choices the author or Derrick makes. Seems like it ought to work both ways, at least a little bit. No, being an addict is not a moral failing. But addicts make choices every day. Too often, those choices hurt the addict and the addict's friends and family. And even SOB docs like the one in this article are trying to save lives---including the fellow's who wrote the article. It must get frustrating to have people making choices that undo all the attempts to save a person's life. Yeah, Dr. W. ought to go to charm school. Is that the point of the article? How dare the doc be rude? Who the heck does he think he is? We know a lot about the life of the guy who wrote this. We even know some stuff about Derrick. What about the doc? Maybe he has a moral failing.
— April 12, 2009 2:19 p.m.